For many across the Middle East, the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came as a relief: the first major sign of progress in the region since war began more than a year ago.

In the face of the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian and Lebanese people amid Israel's wars in Gaza and the West Bank, and as a 60-day truce between Israel and Lebanon took effect in the early hours of the day,

Following a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, attention has swung back to the battered Gaza Strip, but any hopes of a rapid end to the war there look likely to be dashed.